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What is the force that is responsible for the radioactivity that allows us to make nuclear power and atomic bombs?
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There are two forces responsible for radioactivity: the Strong nuclear force and the Weak nuclear force.
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Could the atomic bomb exist without radioactivity?
fission bomb no, fusion bomb yes.
What is the process in which an unstable atomic nucleus emits charged particles or energy or both?
It is the process of Radioactivity.
What is the atomic number responsible for determining the type of atom?
The atomic number is responsible for determining the element.
What do two different neutral isotopes of the same element have in common nuclear number atomic mass nuclear mass atomic number?
The atomic number is the same for all isotopes.
Is uranium a form of chemical energy?
No, since uranium in a radioactive element, it stores Nuclear energy.Actually metallic uranium stores lots of chemical energy and can burn violently. Finely divided metallic uranium is even pyrophoric (it will ignite on exposure to air).
Is it true that the atomic bomb couldn't exist without radioactivity?
Simply to put it Yes. Atomic Bombs is a form as Nuclear bomb and Nuclear products/elements such as Uranium 235 (a material used in a atomic bomb) emits radioactive particles. Radioactivity Particles = radioactivity.
What scientific endeavor resulted in the development of the atomic bomb?
Nuclear Physics & the study of the phenomena of radioactivity.
What country are responsible of atomic bomb and nuclear bomb?
USA
What is the difference between strong and weak nuclear force?
The strong nuclear force keeps the atomic nucleus together. Since protons all have the same charge they would repel one another and the nucleus would fly apart without the strong force. The weak force also acts on the atomic nucleus and is involved in radioactive decay and is responsible for radioactivity.
Process which unstable nuclei emit radiation is called?
This process through which unstable nuclei emit radiation is called radioactive decay. It also is called nuclear decay, and it is a natural process in which an atom of an isotope decomposes into a new element.
Do radioactivity nuclear reaction half life fission and fusion all connect?
Yes, they can all be connected. These disparate events are all nuclear events. They involve changes in the nuclei of atoms, and that's what connects them. Radioactivity is the "breakdown" of an unstable atomic nucleus. Nuclear reactions come in different types, but they are all nuclear reactions involving nuclei. Half-life is the term applied to unstable radionuclides to speak to how quickly the nucleus of the different ones will decay. Fission is basically the splitting of an atomic nucleus, while fusion is the fusion of subatomic particles into a new atomic nucleus, or the fusion of atomic nuclei to make a heavier atomic nucleus.
What is artificial radioactivity?
Not all nuclear reactions are spontaneous. These reactions occur when stable isotopes are bombarded with particles such as neutrons. This method of inducing a nuclear reaction to proceed is termed artificial radioactivity. This meant new nuclear reactions, which wouldn't have been viewed spontaneously, could now be observed. Since about 1940, a set of new elements with atomic numbers over 92 (the atomic number of the heaviest naturally occurring element, Uranium) have been artificially made. They are called the transuranium elements.
Radioactivity is casued due to?
spontaneous disintegration of atomic nuclei
Is an element's atomic mass always indicative of its level of radioactivity?
no
What is the sorce of radioactivity?
The spontaneous decomposition of unstable atomic nuclei.
What was Sir Ernest Rutherford famous for?
radioactivity and atomic structure
Does the atomic bomb need radioactivity to exist?
Yes, not only radioactivity but the fuel must be fissile. If we happened to live on a much older earth, both nuclear reactors and nuclear bombs would be impossible as the Uranium 235 isotope would have decayed to only trace levels. If we happened to live on a much younger earth, nuclear reactors would occur naturally and spontaneously and you might see radioactive geysers erupting from them near where you live.
